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MK Gafni: Only a Change in Values Can Save the Mainstream Education System

By Eliezer Rauchberger

"Any structural change in the education system will not help if there is no change in values," MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni told the Knesset Education Committee meeting on Monday, during which Education Minister Yuli Tamir presented her new plans and goals. "A child in the chareidi education system knows what he's going to school for, while in the general education system a child does not know why he gets up in the morning. He lacks values."

Tamir said, "Educational processes are slow, but there are some things that can be changed right now." She said she intends to emphasize education among young children and to address issues such as raising teachers' salaries, raising scholastic achievement, narrowing gaps, and more. In order to carry out her plans she said she plans to request a funding increase from the Finance Ministry.

MK Gafni noted that NIS 3.5 billion ($780,000,000) has been cut from the education system budget in recent years, meaning that the government has created education for the rich alone, since those who have money at their disposal can hire a private tutor. The same has happened in the area of health care, he said.

Speaking about the chareidi sector he said that the chareidi education system is severely discriminated against, "Yet people say we are given money."

Committee Chairman MK Michael Melchior (Labor) expressed concerns that the funding increase the education Ministry requested was too small, precluding any significant change in the Israeli education system.

 

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